Math Seminar
EWA Math Seminar Launches in Fall 2024
Just how bad are Americans at math?
In 2022, U.S. 15-year-olds ranked below average in an international math test compared to students from peer countries, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Recent national tests show math scores declined as students got older. Meanwhile, two-thirds of American adults report experiencing math anxiety. What should journalists understand about math education? Researchers and colleagues provide context Oct. 24-25 during EWA’s 2024 Math Seminar in Fort Worth, Texas.
The new day-and-a-half conference looks at issues ranging from the math lessons that hold kids back to math anxiety. Additionally, the conference provides journalists a notebook full of story ideas and connects them with experts to help inform coverage of math education.
Among the subjects explored:
- A series of talks by researchers and experts on critical issues in math education.
- What is the critical skill every student should learn to successfully understand algebra and other high school math subjects?
- What is the state of equity in how math is taught in schools? Is tracking holding back students?
- The “Reading Wars” are well known. Math education has its own controversies. Learn about them.
- Advice through a solutions-journalism lens about covering math education.
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